Oleg Boltin

Oleg Igorevich Boltin (Japanese: ボルチン・オレッグ, Hepburn: Boruchin Oreggu) (born 10 February 1993) is a Kazakh professional wrestler and former freestyle wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performs under his real name.

As a freestyle wrestler, he was the gold medalist at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 125 kg (275 lb) division.

Boltin was born on 10 February 1993 in Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region.

He speaks Japanese fluently.

He is of Russian descent.

Since the early 2010s, Boltin has been training in Japan.

In 2017, he joined the Bushiroad Club (now Team New Japan).

In 2020, Boltin won the gold medal at the Kazakhstani Wrestling Championships in the 125 kg category.

In the same category, he won the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships.

Boltin finished in fifth-place at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

In October 2022, he retired from amateur wrestling when he signed a contract with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

On October 10, 2022, at Declaration of Power, Yuji Nagata introduced Boltin as a future NJPW wrestler.

Boltin, in turn, expressed a desire to become as "strong and famous as possible", and cited The Rock and Brock Lesnar as role models.

Boltin's first in-ring match took place on January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, where he had a three-minute exhibition match against Ryohei Oiwa in the pre-show.

The match ended in a draw.

He made his full in-ring debut on April 2, at night two of Road To Sakura Genesis, where he, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino lost to TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr.., Robbie Eagles, and Kosei Fujita).

On May 28, at day 12 of the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors, Boltin has his first win when he teamed up with Togi Makabe to defeat Yuto Nakashima and Oskar Leube.